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President Trump drafted with the help Netanyahu, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff a 20-point peace plan to end the war on Gaza. Arab and Muslim leaders were consulted prior to announcing the Plan, even though Palestinians were not invited. After the plan was praised and accepted by Arab and Muslim leaders, Trump met Netanyahu and made changes to the plan which give Israel 1) the right to resume bombing after the hostages are release and 2) there will be no Palestinian state in the foreseeable future.
President Trump was not an honest broker. He was all along an accomplice in the genocide and he even as well as Genocidal Joe Biden have spread the Israeli lies that they both saw Hamas rape and beheading on TV. Additionally, Trump is mainly concerned about getting the Nobel Peace Prize. To accomplish that, ensure that he has warned Hamas it has "three to four days" to decide whether to say yes or no. If the answer is no, the war goes on. That is not a promising start and a genuine way to hold peace negotiation.
Hamas spokesman told the BBC its reason to reject Trump's malicious plan:
It rejects disarmament and views the international force as a new form of occupation. It rejects the malicious plan for the following reasons:
* There is no clear and specific commitment to a definitive end to the war.
* There is no clear and specific commitment to a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
* There is no clear commitment not to resume war and strike again after the return of prisoners and hostages.
* There is no clear commitment not to implement the displacement scenario after accepting the plan.
* There is no clear commitment to release all Palestinian prisoners.
* There is no commitment to lift the twenty-year blockade on the Gaza Strip.
* There is no commitment to establish a real Palestinian state.
* There is no mention of the thousands of martyrs and wounded nor any compensation for the two years of genocide.
* There is no mention of holding Israel and America responsible for the destruction and devastation in the Gaza Strip.
* The plan imposes an occupation and international and Arab guardianship over the Gaza Strip.
* The plan aims to dismantle and end any current or future resistance to the entity.
* The plan achieves Netanyahu's declared goals. War will give him what he failed to achieve through war or negotiation.
* The plan will save Netanyahu domestically (he will be pardoned in all corruption cases) and externally (he will not be pursued internationally as a war criminal).
* The plan aims to break the international, especially Western, isolation of the entity, which has reached unprecedented levels, as acknowledged by Netanyahu and Trump.
* The plan provides a malicious cover for expanding normalization agreements with the entity and annexing other Arab and Islamic countries such as Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, and others.
* The plan is the largest conspiracy against the Palestinians in their history with shameful Arab and Islamic complicity.
* Accepting the plan means Israel's victory, the Palestinians' defeat, and the liquidation of the cause.
* Accepting the plan is political suicide for the Palestinians and their cause. Ask what happened when the PLO laid down its arms and recognized the entity...
* In short, this is a plan for subjugation, surrender, and complete surrender not only to the entity by the Palestinians but also by Arabs and Muslims. This comes after two years genocide a vicious attack by the IDF and Israeli settlers in the West Bank, which will give Israel the upper hand, paving the way for the establishment of Greater Israel...
Bad past experience with US guarantees
* In 1982, the United States provided a written guarantee of safety to Palestinian non-combatants in Lebanon after the PLO withdrawal from Beirut. Despite these assurances, the massacres in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps occurred, leading to the tragic murder of 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians.
* When Hamas released the Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander in Gaza last September in a goodwill gesture following Hamas-US direct negotiation, the US did live up to its commitment to allow the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza as promised. Basically, the US reneged on its promise and Hamas felt betrayed.
* While Israel often referred to Palestinians as "terrorists," the United States referred to the indigenous inhabitants of the United States as "savages." Furthermore, the US perused a policy of ethnic cleansing through the forced displacement of self-governing tribes of American Indians from their ancestral homelands in the eastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River. It is well-documented that the US repeatedly violated treaties with the American Indians by failing to provide food and supplies promised in exchange for land. As the natives suffered and starved, one US official reportedly said, "Let them eat grass."
The Trump Administration’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza calls for the unconditional surrender, disarmament, and political exclusion of Hamas. It leaves the Israeli Defense Force in place and in charge for the immediate future, no call for the release of 16,000 Palestinian hostages held by Israel, no mention about the right of return to 7 million Palestinian refugees to their homes, and no Israeli or US official will be held accountable for the Gaza genocide.
Mahmoud El-Youseph is a Palestinian freelance writer and retired U.S. Air Force veteran. He writes on U.S. foreign policy, Middle East affairs, and justice. Email: elyousseph6@yahoo.com
1. Sabra and Chatila massacres September 16-18, 1982. Photo credit: Mondoweiss, 2. IDF soldiers arrest 1,000 Palestinian during raids in the West Bank on Sep. 11, 2025, Photo credits: haaretz.com